From Napa Valley Register: Napa disaster relief fund to train locals for construction trades
July 17, 2019, Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation announced the launch of the Workforce Pathways Collaborative, a partnership to train workers for the booming construction sector. Classes will be offered between October and February in both Calistoga and in Napa to ready workers for entry level jobs. This is […]
From Napa Valley Register: Vine Trail Coalition receives major contributions
July 1, 2019, Register Staff The Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition has announced several significant new donations supporting continued engineering, design and construction of the 47-mile paved biking and walking path between the Vallejo Ferry and Calistoga. Visit Napa Valley, the official tourism marketing organization for the Napa Valley, presented […]
From Napa Valley Register: SBDC’s Mary Cervantes: St. Helena’s Nature Select – putting the customer first
June 7, 2019, Register Staff A self-proclaimed roustabout, Nature Select owner John Palmer’s work history is rather eclectic: teacher, owner of a wholesale bakery, real estate, and a wine business. After 10 years in the wine business, John, a sixth generation resident of St. Helena, started looking for other possibilities. […]
From The Weekly Calistogan: UpValley Family Centers offers citizenship classes
June 04, 2019, Staff Eleven years ago, Alma and her daughter Luz left Mexico to reunite with their husband and father in California. They built a life for themselves in the Napa Valley and became active members of their community, supporting their neighbors whenever they could. But they wanted to […]
From Napa Valley Register: Multi-million-dollar bequest to support small animal welfare in Napa Valley
May 30, 2019, Register Staff The Napa Valley Community Foundation announced the creation of a multi-million-dollar endowed fund to support small animal welfare in Napa Valley. Created through a bequest from the late Jane and David Gotelli of Napa, the endowment creates an ongoing funding pool for annual grants to […]
From Napa Valley Register: Deadlines extended for programs that help Napa County fire victims rebuild
May 15, 2019, Register Staff Napa Valley Community Foundation announced today that a program to help Napa County residents rebuild homes that were lost to the October 2017 wildfires will remain available through at least July. Effective immediately, the Foundation’s program for homeowners will be expanded to provide cash grants […]
From San Francisco Chronicle: Beyond the barriers: three ways to make secondary units a priority
April 19, 2019, by John King Tips for getting beyond the barriers, making dwelling units a priority Legislative action at the state and local levels has eased the path for construction of accessory dwelling units. But for the trend to really take off in the Bay Area, experts say, creative […]
From Napa Valley Register: Your Turn: Varsity Blues: Affordable college is essential for our democracy
April 17, 2019, Lee Bycel The college admissions scandal that has dominated our news has become draining and repetitive. It is time to explore the much more important story at its core. But before we do, how about this for punishment: For all those who take a plea deal or […]
From Napa Valley Register: Volunteer Week recognizes our Points of Light
April 10, 2019, bt Gwenn McKenzie April 7-13 is National Volunteer Week, a great time to recognize individuals and groups who give their time and energy to make our community stronger, safer and more compassionate. In his 1989 inaugural address, President George H.W. Bush invoked the image of “A Thousand […]
From NorthBay Business Journal: Trading the long commute for the startup: 4 stories of North Bay entrepreneurialism
April 8, 2019, by Cheryl Sarfaty There are many roads toward entrepreneurial success. We follow four stories of people who took the risk of trading the pressures of working in San Francisco for an entrepreneurial venture in the North Bay. Their journeys are different, but their payoffs have much in […]
